Chapter Twenty Two
Hey guys, I'm back. Hope you like this chapter. Also I changed the summary cause the story has kinda evolved. So check that out I guess.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto does. If I did, I wouldn't be writing in my truck before work.
Kisame was thoroughly impressed at the capability and skill of Maito Gai. A man was stalemating him with pure taijutsu. He certainly was a formidable opponent. The shark man's only real problem, was that not only did he face Gai, but Kakashi of the Sharingan, along with a Konohagakure Jounin with possession of the First Hokage's wood style. He'd let the Uchiha boy pass, as it was Itachi's wish to face him. What had pissed him off was when the Nine Tails brat managed to slip by him to support Sasuke.
"Are you here to kill me Sasuke? Going to take me out?" The elder Uchiha asked in a stoic voice.
"No…" the younger brother said, reaching up and tightening his head band.
"We're gonna take you down!" Said Naruto as the blond appeared beside his friend, dual tri-prong kunai drawn and ready.
"You can try. You obviously lack the resolve to become strong enough to face me. You couldn't even kill your best friend." Spoke Itachi as he stood from his throne.
"The strength we have when we fight together, is far greater than the strength your eyes possess brother." Replied Sasuke, spitting the last word with a dangerous venom.
"We've got questions for you Itachi. You gonna talk? Or should we beat it out of you?" Naruto asked, his eyes focused on the feet of the elder Uchiha. He remembered the day Kakashi had taught him how to face the Sharingan.
Flashback
"Alright Naruto. If you ever have to face Itachi, you don't have a choice but to fight differently. You cannot afford to make eye contact. If you do Itachi will waste no time putting you under a genjutsu. That man can cast genjutsu with a simple pointing of his finger. You should only fight him if you have either Sasuke or I as backup. Focus on his feet and torso. Read his body's movements and react accordingly. It's difficult, but doable, and you don't have a choice."
Flashback end
"The fate of the Mangekyou Sharingan is one of blindness. The power that slowly destroys itself."
"So there's more than one price to that kind of power." The younger brother replied drawing his sword. "Naruto!"
"Yup! Got it!" The room was suddenly filled with clones as the duo made their move. The blond clones littered the room with sealing formula. Sasuke and Itachi locked eyes, beginning an unseen genjutsu battle. Naruto threw a kunai and appeared behind the elder Uchiha, and slammed his blade into the man's temple. Itachi fell dead before disappearing in a murder of crows as the world around the blond began to melt. Itachi appeared before him, and shot his kunai straight for the blond's heart. The scene shattered as Sasuke's Sharingan forced Naruto from the genjutsu of his brother.
"You're genjutsu is impressive kid brother, but what will you do now?" He asked kicking Naruto into the wall and slashing his kunai threw the man's stomach. He appeared before his brother and quickly battered down the younger man. He pinned him to the wall, and moved his hand to Sasuke's eye. "Uchiha Madara once took the eye of his brother. Implanting it into his own, he achieved a power beyond your comprehension. The eternal Mangekyou, a light that will never fade, never weaken, and never flicker out. That is why I kept you alive, to have your eyes as my replacement." As he finished he ripped the man's eye out. He was forced away as lightning blast from all of the tenketsu on Sasuke's body, signifying the use of his porcupine technique.
As the younger brother struggled with the pain, and forced himself to his feet. Itachi placed the taken eye in a jar filled with a liquid to preserve it. He then approached slowly, intent on removing the other eye from his sibling. A clone popped up from behind the Konoha shinobi, grabbing hold of him, and holding him in place for the eye to be removed. As the traitor began to push the eye out of its socket the world around him shattered.
Sasuke stood once again, both Sharingan burning as he stared down his brother. Itachi collapsed to his knees, holding his left eye. "You broke through my Tsukuyomi? How?"
"I've trained and strengthened my self to deal with your incredible genjutsu." He replied.
"Then it seems genjutsu will get us nowhere." Said the elder, closing his right eye and preparing the black flames. Sasuke simply smirked in response as Naruto appeared beside the elder Uchiha, kicking him away toward the wall. Before he could even impact it, Sasuke appeared kicking him toward the ceiling. As the man flew upwards he smiled, and landed feet first on the ceiling. As he hung there he watched as Naruto appeared beside his brother.
The blond placed his hand upon the younger man's shoulder, and smirked as Sasuke prepared a Chidori. "Fuinjutsu: Reverse Summoning." He whispered, and Sasuke disappeared, and reappeared next to his brother. His lightning blade impacted where his brother had stood, forcing him through the ceiling. Sasuke was immediately on the roof in pursuit.
The brothers stared each other down, before both weaving through hand seals. In unison they shouted, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" The two massive firestorms ripped into each other, Sasuke's quickly taking the upper hand.
"Amaterasu!" Rang our Itachi's voice as he conjured the black flames at will. They quickly consumed Sasuke's fireball, burning it away.
"This is nothing." Replied the younger Uchiha, running across the outskirts of the roof. The elder brother ignited his Amaterasu, burning a path behind the younger man as it chased him. It quickly caught up however; and set Sasuke's jounin vest ablaze. Sasuke shed the vest, and before Itachi could reignite him, Naruto appeared by his side.
"Fuinjutsu: Reverse Summoning!" They disappeared, and reappeared in the internals of the hide out.
"Naruto let's do it."
"Right." He replied, and two clones formed beside him.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" Yelled Sasuke.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Yelled the original blond.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Came the call of the first clone.
"Wind Style: Great Vacuum Bullet!" Rang the voice of the second one.
What occurred next was an absolute nightmare of a firestorm. It ripped apart the rooftop, fire scorching everything in its path. Itachi was forced to jump away as the massive column of fire ripped into the sky. Itachi stood looking on in awe at the destructive power of the duo.
Itachi crouched shakily over the edge of the massive rip in the roof. His breathing was labored and his Sharingan in his right eye had reverted to normal.
Sasuke stood shakily by Naruto, the blond beginning to feel the effects on his chakra reserves. The teleportation fuinjutsu he had developed still took quite a toll on his reserves.
"That Amaterasu of yours seems to have taken a lot out of you." Spoke Sasuke, glaring at his brother.
"Don't play like your not out of chakra yourself younger brother. It seems your blond friend will have to do the fighting for you now."
"Naruto…" Said Sasuke glancing at his teammate. "It's time… I have to do this alone now."
Naruto looked as Sasuke with a slight sadness in his eyes. "I understand. I don't approve but I understand."
"Watch from a distance. If he kills me don't let him get away." The younger sibling said.
"You have my word." Naruto replied, and disappeared from the battlefield.
"Now your singular advantage is gone foolish brother."
"I'm out of chakra, but if you truly believe I would come here to kill you without being prepared. Well you wouldn't be as smart as I thought." He stood, facing down his sibling with all his might. He stepped forward before he spoke again. "This jutsu cannot be blocked, dodged, or evaded. I'll destroy you with this." He said angrily.
A distance away, Naruto sat atop a rock watching them. "So you've really done it huh Sasuke. I almost doubted you when you told me you'd mastered lightning. Let alone created this jutsu."
The younger sibling channeled lightning to his hand before leaping to the highest point of the roof top. "This jutsu is called Kirin." He said as the lightning above him reached a peak in reactivity. "I simply guide the lightning down from the heavens." He said with a small chuckle. A massive dragon of lightning formed above him, and this caused Itachi's eyes to widen in shock and awe. "Now be gone with the thunderclap." With this he swiped his hand downward, sending the massive bolt of electricity at his foe. With a massive explosion their battlefield was obliterated.
Sasuke stood shakily, he watched the battlefield and saw where his brother lay. He fell to his knees, and his Sharingan deactivated. He simply bowed his head, and let out a small sigh of relief.
"Is this the end you've envisioned for me brother?" Came the voice of his enemy. He stood, and his brother rose as well. "I'd definitely be dead if I hadn't have had this." Spoke the man, as an astral projection of a massive skeleton from the torso up formed around him. "I'm going to reveal to you my final trump card. This, is the Susanoo." Muscle and armor began to form around the skeletal body, the monstrous jutsu coming to life. "This also took root in these eyes of my. Is that all you had Sasuke? The battle is just beginning."
He and his astral protector began to march forward to his sibling. "Now I will take your eyes foolish brother." He said before suddenly letting out a loud cough. His hand came up and he clutched at his heart. He coughed more before falling forward and spitting a large amount of blood into his hand. "My illness… time must be almost up."
Sasuke took advantage, and quickly tossed a set of kunai with attached paper bombs. This resulted in a large explosion, but through the smoke, Itachi marched ever forward. Thinking quickly the younger brother jump forward, attacking with his sword but was instantly repelled. "How!? Are you invincible Itachi?" He questioned in his mind. For the first time since that night, Sasuke felt real terror. He slowly backed away, mind racing and panic setting in, until he found himself pressed against a wall.
As Itachi reached out for his eyes, the words of his mother filled his mind. He had too many unanswered questions. He forced everything he had left into his eyes, conjuring chakra from pure will power. His Sharingan sprang to life, and he managed to cast one final jutsu. "Sharingan: Slow Time."
The siblings found themselves in a small and calm forest clearing. Itachi looked around in slight surprise before focusing in on his brother. "Itachi….I have one question for you."
"Hn." The man replied stoically.
"We have an hour here before this jutsu fizzles out. Itachi…. I met mother. She spoke words to me that I cannot get out of my head. Orochimaru brought her back with the Summoning: Impure World Resurrection. Mother said to me, that you love me unconditionally. And that she was unsure on why you chose the path you did. I can tell a lot of this has been fabricated. Too many loose ends. Too many things don't add up. It may have tricked me had Naruto not put doubts in my head and opened my eyes long ago. But as of now, I ask you why did you kill the clan, what is this all about? Why did you leave me all alone brother?"
Itachi's eyes widened at the mention of his mother, and his gaze softened slightly at his brothers explanation. "Sasuke…"
"Itachi. I'm here for the truth now, nothing else. When I went home after destroying Orochimaru, I found every hidden compartment in the clan compound. I searched every single nook and cranny. Until I came upon the documents. I know the clan was planning a coup d'etat. That's why you killed them isn't it? You had always loved the idea of peace. You knew it would spark a civil war, that would spiral into a full blown world war. Tell me the truth brother." Sasuke spoke slowly moving his gaze to the sky.
"I...I see you know. If I told you I killed them under orders from the Hokage, what would you do?" The elder asked, resigning himself to see how his brother would react. To see if his brother could be trusted with the truth. He had faith in the abilities of Minato's son, and between him and Sasuke, Itachi knew they could and would protect the village. Well, that was if Sasuke decided to continue protecting and working for the village that took his family. He loved his brother, and he always would, no matter the younger sibling's decisions. But he also loved the village, and he would protect it.
"Orders, from the Hokage?"
"Yes... here, look into my eye, accept my Tsukuyomi, so that we may extend our time." Sasuke did as instructed, and the two found themselves in a genjutsu inside of a genjutsu. Here, Itachi explained everything to his younger brother. Including the dangers of Danzō, and explained why he loved the village so much. By the end, Sasuke knew, and accepted what had happened. Itachi's Tsukuyomi expired, and this sent them back to Sasuke's quickly fading genjutsu.
"Itachi….I can accept what you did, but by no means can I forgive you...you should have found another way. But your goal, after the massacre, to protect the village from the shadows? I will uphold that goal, and I will take the mantle of responsibility from you. I will take it upon myself and Naruto, to go to the Hokage and handle Danzō. You may run, and hide yourself away, to live the rest of your life in the peace you wanted so badly brother." Sasuke said, Itachi smiling in response.
The elder brother looked at his sibling, before pulling their foreheads together. "Sasuke, no matter your choices, no matter your actions...from here on out, I will love you, always." With that the genjutsu faded, and Sasuke stared at his brother.
"Go live in peace Itachi...maybe I'll come visit someday."
"I'm sorry Sasuke...you see I'm very sick. I'd love to have you visit though. Sorry little brother, maybe next time." As he spoke he reached out just like old times, and tapped his finger to his brother's forehead. With this final act, the traitorous ninja, the most notorious missing nin from Konohagakure, and loving elder brother of the last Uchiha, collapsed and died.
Sasuke slid slowly down the wall he leaned against, his body shaking and his mind reeling. He felt such a wild storm of emotions he could barely handle it. "Itachi…" as he whispered the name of his brother, tears began to shed from his eyes.
"Sasuke!" Came the call of his blond haired friend, as he arrived at the scene. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah….I'll live…."
"Something is different with you, what happened?"
"There's a lot to explain, Naruto."
"Alright well let's meet up with the others and get out of here."
"Can you help me up?"
"Yeah I got you buddy." Naruto said looking Sasuke in the eyes. "Sasuke… your eyes…"
"What about them?"
Naruto pulled his headband off and used it to show the last Uchiha his reflection. "They're different…." He said trailing off.
"Mangekyou Sharingan…" Was all that Sauske said.
"So first of all, Akatsuki members Hoshigaki Kisame, and Uchiha Itachi are dead?" The Hokage asked to the newly arrived team.
"Yes ma'am, all have been taken out. Yamato, Gai, and myself are responsible for the death of Hoshigaki. Naruto and Sasuke handled Itachi." Confirmed Kakashi.
"Where is Sasuke now?" She asked eyes shifting to Naruto.
"He's in the hospital being treated for chakra exhaustion and burns by Sakura. He'll be here shortly...we have.. a lot to discuss with you privately ma'am." Naruto explained.
"Alright fine, Yamato, Kakashi, Gai. You're all dismissed." Ordered the female Hokage, and as the trio exited the door, Sasuke stepped through.
"Lady Hokage." He greeted.
"Jounin Uchiha. Please sit, you as well Naruto." She said motioning for the two to be seated. "Naruto tells me we have a lot to discuss? Did you find out something from Itachi?"
"I found out…..everything from Itachi." He said cryptically before he and Naruto began to recount the battle. Once they arrived at the appropriate point in the story, Sasuke took over and explained everything Itachi had told him, along with informing her of his own personal choice to continue protecting the village.
"I...I see. I shouldn't be surprised that old warhawk would do something so reckless...no not reckless, that was borderline treason. He went so soundly against the wishes of the Hokage. Sasuke, Naruto, I'm assigning the two of you and Kakashi to put together a sting operation on Danzo. I'd prefer him captured, but lethal force is authorized."
"Understood Ma'am. I have a question if you don't mind." Said Sasuke, his voice all business.
"Go ahead?"
"How difficult would an eye transplant be for you to perform?"
"Excuse me?"
Sasuke immediately explained to her everything behind the Mangekyou Sharingan.
"That's...disturbing at worst, and interesting at best. I could do it but I want to make sure it gets done right. I need to properly examine the eyes and nerve endings. I'm assuming you brought back his whole body?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll need to examine him for a while as well. Sasuke it will be a while, but we will do the transplant. Do you already possess this Mangekyou Sharingan?"
The last Uchiha's reply was to simply activate his Sharingan, and let her watch as it morphed. "Yes." He said quickly after she gave him a pointed look.
"Alright well, go get some rest both of you. You deserve it."
"What do you have for me?" Asked a figure who stood in a tree overlooking the root headquarters.
"Scouts report root numbers to be around two hundred shinobi sir." Said an ANBU member who had landed beside him.
"Good, alert Kitsune and Inu. Have them rendezvous with me at point eleven." The figure spoke.
"Yes sir."
The figure now stood on a cliff side overlooking the compound. Two more mask wearing figures landed beside him. "Hawk." One said as they arrived.
"Kitsune, Inu, glad to see you're on time."
"It's not like it's an everyday thing" Inu said lightly complaining.
"Oh? I didn't take you for a liar sensei." Said Kitsune.
"Now now, let's not be rude." Inu laughed lightly.
"You two are surprisingly calm. Let's just get this done." Hawk said with an implied glare in his voice.
"Always have been the eager type, haven't you Hawk." Inu said teasingly.
"Shut up. Let's go." Replied Hawk, and the group leapt down into the compound. Just then, the moon reached its peak, and the clock struck midnight.
"Judging by the sounds of battle I'm hearing, I'd assume you're here for me?" Asked Danzo to the three ANBU before him.
"By order of the Hokage, you are to be secured. Dead or alive. You're being charged with multiple counts of treason. Along with being responsible for the deaths of the Uchiha clan." Said Inu.
"What proof do you have?" The elder shinobi asked.
Hawk extended his sword out at the man, pointing at him. "Itachi's word."
"By telling you these things, Itachi is a traitor to Konoha. It seems he told you everything before he died didn't he. It seems, you alone really are special."
"Don't you dare speak his name, Danzo." Hawk spoke.
"You never were a calm one Sasuke, I don't know why Itachi felt the need to let you live. Petty emotions only hold shinobi back." The elder spoke.
"Come quietly Danzō, and you may be allowed to live." Spoke Kitsune in an almost pleading tone. He may be a traitor, but this was still a fellow Konoha shinobi who had been close friends with the late Third Hokage, at least at a time.
"Never, you and your Hokage will lead this village to ruin!" With this Danzo began to unravel the bandages around his arm. This greeted the three ANBU with the gruesome sight of the many Sharingan eyes implanted in his arm.
"You bastard!" Shouted Hawk who had nearly lost his control at this sight.
Sensing that he needed to reign his friend back in, Kitsune called out. "Sasuke! Calm down. We have to be smart about this."
"Uchiha Sasuke. I'm going to take both of your eyes and add them to my collection." Danzo dashed forward at the shinobi, intent in striking them down quickly. He drew back his fist, swinging it forward with all his strength. His hand simply impacted the rib cage of Sasuke's Susanoo. "So this is the Susanoo?"
At this, the Uchiha simply batted the man away. As he landed, Sasuke's anger took hold, and his left eye shot wide open. "Amaterasu!" The black flames quickly burned the man away, leaving nothing behind. After which the raven hair man tossed aside his mask aside, while blood began to drip from his eye.
"Sasuke, we were supposed to try to capture him!" Shouted Inu.
"I thought you would know better than to think that could take me alive, Hatake." Danzo said, as he showed himself behind the group. Seeing as the enemy already knew his identity, Kakashi cast his mask aside as well.
"Danzo...long time no see."
"And you.." The elder said, turning to Kitsune. "There's only one person in this village with that color of blond hair." At this Naruto drew his kunai and took a fighting stance. "Those kunai as well. You really are his son, aren't you, Uzumaki Naruto."
"So you knew...I figured the elders knew, you could have at least made my life a little better."
"Your potential as a powerful weapon for the village was wasted when Sarutobi chose to not let me take over your training."
"Well I'm really glad he didn't. Are we done?"
"It seems all that is left is to fight." The elder replied.
"Naruto, Kakashi… I know for a fact I landed a killing blow with Amaterasu...something isn't right, be careful." Said the raven haired man, his emotions now reigned in.
"Right!" They replied in unison.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets!" The elder shinobi said as he blasted a barrage of air bullets at his targets.
The three shinobi quickly reacted on their own. They split apart all hitting different corners of the room. A tri-prong passed dangerously close to the elder's head, and as soon as it passed Naruto was behind him. The blond quickly slammed a kunai into each of his shoulders. With the man momentarily restrained, Sasuke and Kakashi appeared on his sides. "Chidori!" They yelled in unison, and both ran a hand coated in lightning through the man's chest. The killing blow landed, they stepped away.
"It's useless." Came the man's voice from the other side of the room. Sasuke immediately appeared behind him, his body flicker even faster at this point than it had been when he fought Naruto. He positioned his sword to carve out the man's heart when a sealing formula crawled up his body. Danzo moved to stab him, only to be launched away by Kakashi. The blond man arrived by his friends side and quickly countered the seal with one of his own.
"Danzo, you're an idiot for trying to use Fuinjutsu around a seal master." Naruto said judgingly.
"Now that is impressive, to so quickly undo my seals….it seems you're her son as much as you are his."
"Enough talking about them. I dug deep recently and deducted that you were responsible for holding the Uchiha clan back from defending the village against the Nine Tails. A move that would have certainly saved many lives, as well as rebuilding the village's trust in the Uchiha. It may have even helped prevent the deaths of my family."
"Your crimes against the village continue to come to life Danzo. Lady Tsunade will have to deal with it, you're sentenced to death." Kakashi said with a hard tone.
Naruto appeared at the elder's side, cutting into his left arm as the man barely managed to avoid a lethal blow. As his body moved backwards, he was intercepted by Sasuke's sword cutting through him. The man simply disappeared, reappearing beside Naruto. He swung hard with a kunai, but thanks to Naruto's reflexes, he managed to redirect the blade, but was still stabbed through the shoulder. "Fuck!" He shouted, flickering away across the room.
"You Alright Naruto?"
"Yeah, I'll live sensei." The blond said ripping the blade from his wounded shoulder. "What the fuck was that, I know we got him that time. Wait...sensei look, a third eye on his arm has closed." He said noticing the trend. Meanwhile Sasuke had already jumped in and re-engaged the elder. Danzo ducked quickly under a sword swipe, while weaving hand seals.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets!"
Sasuke barely managed to leap away dodging only three of the five air projectiles that had been fired at him. One ripped across his cheek, the other tearing into his shoulder. "Gah!" He let out a grunt in pain. "Amaterasu!" He screamed, more blood trailing from his eye as he managed to just miss setting the man ablaze once again. The man then quickly moved to attack.
He brought a kunai to bare, and moved to push it into the last Uchiha's chest, only to be launched away by the impact of a Rasengan. As he flew away, he caught sight of a special kunai that sped past his face. Before he could even hit the wall, he was hit in the back by another Rasengan. This time launched back toward the raven haired man, he was intercepted by a Chidori through the heart courtesy of Kakashi. Unfortunately he had watched Kakashi take position, and had already activated his genjutsu.
He popped up behind the copy nin, running a kunai into the man's shoulder. The legendary ninja's battle instincts being the only thing that helped him dodge quick enough to avoid fatal injury. Taking the wound in stride, the copy nin swung around as his hand burst into a Chidori. He managed to glance the attack along the man's chest, but it was nowhere near deep enough to cause death, or even serious injury, other than the tingling sensation the electric shock would no doubt leave.
As Danzo moved to swing at the nin once again, a kunai impacted the ground beside him. He was promptly sent flying by a harsh punch thrown by Naruto. "You alright Kaka-Sensei?"
"Of course." He said, and gave his student a reassuring eye smile.
Danzo stood, analyzing his situation. "Four of my eyes have closed, but I am in a situation that if I do not win, I will not be able to escape." He took his fighting stance once again, and prepared to fight his death battle. "Come, show me your rumored power." He said addressing the three nin before him.
"Gladly." Sasuke said with a snarl, Susanoo roaring to life around him. Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he was struck with immense pain in his eye. "Gah."
"Sasuke, if you keep going like this you'll lose your vision. You need to hold back, calm yourself." Naruto said, worry evident even in his scolding tone. "How about we show off that new combo?"
"Fine…" The raven said in response. "Kakashi, stay behind us."
"Wind Style: Open Destruction!"
"Fire Style: Searing Migraine!"
Danzo was significantly caught off guard. He hadn't expected the two men to be capable of what most certainly seemed to be at the very least an A-rank combo.
"Ninja Art: Massive Firestorm!" The two yelled in unison as the jutsu they had launched came together. Everything in its path was incinerated, the wood of the room burning away in almost an instant. The metal beams that held parts of the base up, heated to such a degree that they twisted and melted. Danzo was completely erased in the blaze. The roof caved in, and the large complex collapsed on itself.
All four ninja found themselves standing atop a pile of rubble, just as the early morning sun began to cast light over the village. Danzo looked down at his arm, and watched as his fifth eye closed, sighing slightly. The three attacking nin all took stances once again, when a crowd of root ninja landed around them.
"Kakashi, Sasuke. Handle Danzo, I'll handle crowd control." He moved through hand seals, before the other two launched at the elder. He finished his sequence, and used his jutsu. "Uzumaki Fuinjutsu: Six Point Barricade!" A large purple barrier appeared, locking himself and the root ninja inside.
The twelve root nin surrounded the blond jounin, weapons drawn. "Surrender jinchuriki."
"Listen...you're all fellow Konohagakure shinobi, and I don't want to kill you, but if you continue to follow Danzo's orders, I won't hold back." He said, and quickly whipped kunai around the enclosed barrier.
"We are loyal to Lord Danzo, surrender now jinchuriki, or we will attack."
"Damn….I didn't want it to be this way." Naruto sighed.
"Sasuke!"
"Right!" The Uchiha replied to his sensei, both of them bringing a Chidori to life in their hands. A chain of lightning shot between them, and Sasuke's eyes locked on Kakashi, while the copy nin's did the same. Both used their Sharingan to synchronize their chakra, and use a technique Kakashi would normally use with a shadow clone.
The two ran at the elder, the chain in position to take him apart at the waist. The man simply jumped over the technique, and landed behind Sasuke.
"Kakashi!" He yelled.
"On it!" Kakashi replied and disconnected his side of the Chidori. Sasuke's chakra took hold of the massive chain, and brought it around like a whip, smashing into Danzo and slicing him deeply in the torso. To finish it all, his chain launched the man toward him, and his porcupine technique turned the elder into a pin cushion.
Standing across from them now, Danzo watched his sixth eye close. "Six down. Even if I beat these two Sharingan wielders, I'll need to keep enough power in reserve to take on the Uzumaki." The elder thought to himself as the Sharingan battle continued.
"Gah!" Came the pained scream of a root agent as he took his last breath. A tri-pronged kunai having just been shoved into his heart, and quickly ripped back out.
"That's four down. Please don't keep doing this, it's not necessary to throw your lives away." Naruto pleaded with his technically fellow Konoha shinobi.
"Just fight jinchuriki, we have no interest in your words."
"Fine. I can't keep my comrades waiting. Let's go, don't blink or you might die." The blond said, his voice taking on an icy anger. He didn't even bother using his substitution, simply flickering in between kunai, and shoving them into chests and throats alike. Naruto quickly bathed his small battlefield in blood, and took a moment to catch his breath. He surveyed the scene for a moment idly wondering how his father dealt with the pressure of killing a thousand shinobi in a few seconds. As he turned to help his teammates, he was greeted with another, larger group of root nin that the other ANBU units had failed to take care of.
The clang of kunai striking kunai filled the air as Kakashi and the elder crossed blades. The older man grabbed the others wrist, and brought his foot around to kick at the copy nin's side. His foot impacted hard, cracking a few ribs and sending the masked man flying. He was caught by his student, and the raven haired man took over. Danzo quickly engaged the Uchiha, and a battle of blades began anew.
Sasuke ducked under a kunai swipe, and brought his sword around his back in an attempt to cut downward into the man's back. A quick dodge put Danzo at the advantage, and he bolted to stab the Uchiha through the chest. The raven side stepped, and jumped, spinning in the air and running his sword's blade across the old man's back. Danzo tripped slightly, and felt the shift in the air temperature. "Fire Style: Incinerator Blast!" Yelled Sasuke, blasting the man's back with fire at such a close range there was no time to dodge. "Kakashi!" The raven yelled, knowing his sensei was already back up.
"Right!"
"Lightning Style: Chidori Senbon!" The two yelled in unison peppering the area with the electric senbon, forcing Danzo to be struck by them the minute he appeared. It was no killing blow, but it did damage and definitely slowed him down.
Sasuke's Susanoo burst to life around him again, and muscles and skin formed over the skeletal form. He gritted his teeth in pain, but forced himself through it as he drew back his bow. He shot an arrow that ripped straight through the bandaged man's chest. Kakashi and Sasuke watched on in annoyance as the man faded once again.
When he appeared, Sasuke went at him with all forms of self-preservation disregarded. He swung wildly with his sword, and fired off fireballs and used Chidori spears against the man. Kakashi quickly picked up on what the raven was trying to accomplish, and quickly joined in. As soon as the elder's attention shifted slightly to the masked jounin, a purple skeletal hand wrapped around his torso. The man's eyes widened in shock, and Sasuke grit his teeth in pain. He squeezed hard, and obliterated the man's body.
As soon as he reappeared, the copy nin was on him, landing blows rapidly as the elder attempted to fight both ninja at once. "I may be forced to use the Kotoamatsukami. If we come close enough for it to be necessary, I will make use of it. However; I need to save it for use on the Hokage to turn this mess around. I cannot wait any longer than today, else I risk the events transpiring now getting out amongst the shinobi ranks."
At this moment, Sasuke landed his palm on the elder's back. "Chidori Sharp Spear!" He called, and the elongated Chidori burst forward, cutting right through the man's vitals, and as with before, he faded away.
"Damnit, only one more eye...if this goes sour I'll use the genjutsu on the Uchiha." The man decided, he then coated a kunai in wind chakra and charged the Uchiha. The last survivor smirked, and coated his blade with a Chidori. They charged each other, both shoved a blade through the other's torso. Nearly a minute passed, as the two locked eyes. "Go now, join Itachi." As he finished speaking, Kakashi's own lightning blade ripped through his chest. He smirked, knowing he had taken the Uchiha down, and was unharmed. He then coughed, suddenly realizing that he had been tricked. "You knew about Izanagi? You put me under a genjutsu, clever." Kakashi and Sasuke quickly pulled away, and Danzo also made distance. He had immense injury, but could hold out for just long enough. Quickly, he unraveled the bandages from his head, and revealed Shisui's Sharingan. "I'll use Kotoamatsukami on the Uchiha, and then sacrifice this eye for Izanagi."
His hands flashed through seals, as he moved forward slightly knocking rubble away with his foot as he did. His last seal completed, he pushed his chakra to the eye, and was met with immense pain when a tri-pronged kunai was rammed straight through it. "Return to the darkness, and never see the light again." Said the blond yanking the blade out.
"But how!?"
"That rubble you tripped over was my kunai. So much for being an experienced shinobi. You're over with Danzo, your arrogance brought about your death. Accept this, and go to the afterlife." With those final words, Naruto planted the kunai back in the elder's skull, this time through the temple and then again separating the spine from the skull. Danzo was dead, and their mission was complete. He turned to the others, a neutral look on his face, with some worry mixed in. "You guys alright?"
How's that for a shitty ending to a chapter. So Itachi has died. If you have questions about this chapter at all go ask me on Twitter. I'm probably not going to answer any questions from reviews. Although I do read all of them. Also, in this fic Susanoo is only the upper torso, head, and arms. It is also extremely taxing on the users chakra reserves. The perfect Susanoo is not a thing, and legs cannot be manifested. At all. By anyone, other than Madara, and he is dead. That's just the way it is in this fiction, sorry. Another thing is that in this fanfiction, Sasuke is pretty much abusing an untrained muscle in trying to use his new Mangekyou techniques. It's just so early after it's development that it causes more harm. Of course this will be occurring consistently during the time he has his standard Mangekyou, it is just affecting him so quickly because instead of taking baby steps into bungee jumping, he leapt off the bridge with no rope. Also, if y'all want me to write out my version of the Nine Tails attack, check out the poll on my profile. I know it's kind of a plot hole, so if you want, I'll explain it, so go vote on the poll. Anyway, this one's long, and I worked hard on it with how little time I have lately. Hopefully you liked it. See ya, Darling in the Fox out!